Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-20
OFFICIAL GOSSIP.
Secretary Whitney on the Highroad
to RecoVery--His Doctor Advises
a "trip to the Bermudas.
George L. Rives Of the New York Bar
Succeeds Mr. Porter as First AS
sIss8nt Secretary OF State.
The British Members Of the Fteheries Com
mission Formally Presented to
President Cleveland.
SECRETARY wH1rNEY's CONDITION.


to Washington, said to your correspon-
tsry almost well maa. 'sRe does not
see any one ct all, and does no work, but
he goes driving and riding now and has
not had any recurrence Of the pains in his
had for ten days He is certaiuly very
much better, and he thinks he has entire
" recovered. There was never anything
in his attack to cause serious apprehen-
sion. He was simply overwerked.
He had nervous prostrstion. If you
have ever had it you know what it is. l
shall not begin nv little social matters
until January, and that is not Official.
The doctor has advised Mr.. Whitney to
go to the Bermudas for a month, and l
thought would hold myself free to &C
company him should ne decide that
longer rest is necessary. do not think
he will 60. He thinks 1t will not be neces-
ssry. If he is able he thinks he ought
to be at the department. He will
try it anyhow. He can tell if he
is equal to the undertaking sitter he has
taken hold Of some Of the matters there
for g week or So"
Mrs. Whitney herself is certainly sable
to be about"
TO SUCCEED SPARKS.
Assistant Land Commissioner Stock
slsger IS now the acting Commissioner of
the General Land Office, and the opinion
seems to be general smong those inter-
ested in the matter Of the appointment Of
Mr.. Sparks successor, that his name will
be sent to the Senate to fill the vacancy.
AsToRY OF THE WAR.
Special to the Gazette.
ent of Washington paper says: l met
General Adsm G. Malloy of Texas the
other day and he told me tale of the war
which l think is worth repeating: The
General started out in the service as 6
captain and was promoted 10 the colHnelCy
of the Seventeenth Wisconsin Infantry,
and finally won the stars of z general eff.
GER. The scene of the tale WAS before
Vicksburg, during the siege, and the
active participants therein were four SOL
diers Of the above mentioned regiment.
All hands were under fire, but that made
very little difference 10 the hardened vet
Grams Of that great campaign; they went
on with their cooking. esrlng, sleeping,
picket duty, pleasures, and everything
else, as though nothing unusual was i'm
pending. The four men referred to we're
can patriots aud statesmen are nearly all
so fond Of, called poker. Death and
carnage surrounded them, battle flags
ioated over them, wounded comrades
were carried past them, bullets, shells,
and solid shot whistled over their heads,
but they needed them not. The "keerds"
absorbed their entire attention, and they
were bent upon devouriDg each others
substance, playing On the soloiers'-t e
field sCldiers'-accustomed card table, an
army blanket. Well, the game went on until
what is technically known as c "jsck-
pot' was reached, and the sntes few
about as recklessly as the enemies mis-
siles. Finally two of the players "went
out" and the two who remained ''in" had
an earnest bout for q few minutes, when
one SCALED" the other. There was, of
course, to be a show of hands between the
two, but as the fates decreed it, just al
that juncture a stray bullet came alorg
and killed the man who really held the
winning cards. AS he keeled over, his OPP
ponent coolly picked up his cards and
found that he had been beaten by the
dead man.
"QuestiOn, now," said General Malloy,
"tO whom did the stakes belong?"
tuCJ UC1OuSGu W tuS uSdu
mans heirs, and should be distributed as
psrt of his estate. But it seems all three
of the surviving players put in q clsim
then and there for share, and in the end
the man who had remained in until the
last, and who was the strongest Of them
all, physically speaking, raked in the pot.
After that they carried the corpse away,
but did not resume the game. There is
faJa fbr< %r;I,
one ass horrifeing, simply horrible, and
about it. And every word of it, as above
related, is true.
TEXAS PENSIONS.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-The following
Texas pensions were issued to-day:
Mexican war, Lerh, widow of James w.
Redus, Hondo City; Mexican war, John
q. McCsrty, Payne's Store; Reddin S.
Pridgned, Grapeland; William Vickrey
and William g Hope, Farmersyille.
PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, NOV. IS The British
members of the fisheries commission were
presented to the President st noon to-day
by Secretary Bayard. Mr.. Chamberlain,
Sir Charles Topper, Minister West, and
the British attaches of the commission,
called st the State Department at an early
hour and were accompanied from there to
the White House by Secretary Bayard.
The usual formalities were observed.
Mr.. Chamberlain and Sir Charles Topper
were presented by Mr.. Bayard, the rest
OF the party by Minister West. The Presi-
dent received them in the library on the
second floor. The first conference will
be held Monday next at 10 O'Clock.
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS TO MEET.
The Democratic members OF the House
of Representatives from New York will
hold conference in this city during the
latter part OF next week, to determine
whether or not they Will place . candi-
date in the field for any of the official po-
sitions OF the House, and ii so they deter
mine to agree upon candidate.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE.
Mr.. George L. Rves, q member of the
New York bar, has been effsred and &C.
cepted the position of First Assistant Sec
Rotary of State, left vacant by the retire.
ment OF Mr.. Porter. Mr.. Rives is of
Virginia family. His grandfather
was q senator from Virginia
and served twice as an American Minister
at Paris. He was born in New York in
lS49, and was graduated from Columbia
college in the class of 1868. He entered
Trinity college, University of Cambridge,
England, and was graduated as fifth
"wnngler" In 1872, and in 1873 received